Extravagance blamed for repeated financial distresses
Reverend Talmage argues extravagant living drives national financial panics and personal ruin. He cites debt, luxury, and misused funds, urging readers to limit spending, honor debts, and fund religious causes over mere display. He warns of thieves in disguise as debtors and the cultural pull of fine goods and amusements.
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Louis Klopsch
N. Y
Washington
Talmage
Sorood
Credit Sysstem
Niagara
Nis
John
Randolph
American Senate
Seanad
Chinchilla
Treasury
New York
Henry Irving
Edwin Booth
Joseph Jefferson
American tin plate marks a protection triumph and growth
The Troy Times argues for tariff protection as the driver of American tin plate growth. It notes McKinley era gains, Wilson tariff harms, and Dingley tariff revival, with higher wages, domestic supply dominance, and rising exports. It cites production and import/export data to show a sector transformed by protection.
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Cleveland
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
American Iron and Steel Association
United States
ISDA
Troy Times
Troy
Jimes
Political Drift and Democratic Scene Across Papers
A montage of editorials notes W. J. Bryan shifts from chairman to editor of the Commoner. It also cites varied papers on treasury forecasts, Democratic tensions, and the 1904 convention dynamics.
Sumner Defends Trusts As Industrial Progress
The Indianapolis Journal notes Yale professor William Graham Sumner argues trusts arise from new production conditions and rail and information advances. He says wealth creation is the era’s aim, trusts should be regulated but not crushed, and many failures show not all combinations are beneficial.
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London
Westminster Bridge
Thames
Marie Antoinette
Caligula
W. G. Sumner
Yale
Sumner
New York Journal of Commerce
Sunmer
Standard Oil
Indianapolis Journal
Economic barter and tariff talk in late 19th century notes
The correspondent recalls a US bank scene in Honduras where a single bill requires loading a mule with 150 pounds of silver to cover a purchase, illustrating silver currency burdens. The piece also parodies tariff debate and notes small fiscal optimism about Porto Rico with a projected $450000 surplus under a new regime.
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Rra
Honduras
United States
Boston
Ierald
Wisconsin man proposes steam laundries at every cross road
Rural free delivery is praised yet ridiculed as a Wisconsin man suggests steam laundries at every crossroads. He imagines a vast laundry network erasing distance while critics warn of omnipresent suds aroma along overland routes.
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Wisconsin
Ocean
Specified Eight Room House Plans and Materials
Specifications detail a 718 nine room dwelling priced at 1300 with rubble foundation and brick underpinning. It describes room sizes, stairs, doors, bay window, basement access, ceiling heights, framing, siding, roofing, finishes, plumbing, gas, electric bells, and ornamental details. Engineer George A W Kentz signs the document.
Sunshine duration across U S cities shows varied sunlit hours
A United States Weather Bureau report lists sunlit hour percentages for numerous cities. Albany 55 percent, Atlanta 53, Atlantic City 58, Baltimore 66, Boston 52, Buffalo 84, Charleston 55, Chicago 53, Cincinnati 61, Cleveland 44, Denver 71, Detroit 50, Galveston 61, Indianapolis 49, Jacksonville 66, Key West 71, Los Angeles 76, Minneapolis 52, New Orleans 49, New York 52, Phoenix 84, Philadelphia 58, Rochester 41, St Louis 62, San Diego 73, San Francisco 71, Santa Fe 75, Washington 58.
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United States Weather Bureau
Albany
N. Y
Atlanta
Galveston
Tex
Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Los Angeles
Cal
Minneapolis
Ariz
Philadelphia
Rochester
St. Louis
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Fe
N. M
Washinton
D. C
Legal Case Highlights on Divorce Witnesses and Contracts
Summary of disparate 51 L. R. A. quoted cases. Koduat holds divorce does not compel testimony from former wife. Meyers finds lottery-like sales illegal. Roche confirms broker earns commission with binding land contracts. Walker clarifies passenger not negligent when signals mislead boarding attempt.
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State
Koduat
Meyers
Roche
Walker Vs. St. Paul City Railway Company
Minn
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Woodcock
Medical Museum
Palais Royal
W. J. Bryan
Indianapolis News
Bryan
Globe-Democrat
Mclaurin
Chicago Inter Ocean
Kansas
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Porto Rico
Iowa
George A. W. Kentz
Veraridt
Cheraber
Digg Hep
Moe
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